Contemporary Art and Society

Essay # 101293

This paper discusses that society has changed significantly and, in parallel, its relationship with art has transformed as well.

1,210 words () | 5 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer notes that art institutions have undergone significant changes in the past several decades. These changes are the result of the transformations in society as well as in art. The writer maintains that one way of addressing this relationship transformation is analyzing the position of art institutions that exist within societies and countries around the world. The writer points out that art institutions, like galleries and museums, are places where not only the work of art meets the eye of a critic but also locations where the broader public interacts with it. The writer notes that the public interaction with the artistic world in the art institutions is of crucial importance. After all, whether a work of art is going to survive or not depends a great deal on its public acceptance.

From the Paper:

"The art and artistic expression has elevated itself from aesthetic human activity to more intellectual and actively socially involved one. The artists view their role as a socially active one, as members of society who openly and sometimes provocatively challenge the accepted ideas and social values. They are ready to tackle the ethic and social taboos, attitudes and widely accepted believes. This inevitably is result form the fact that the contemporary art works are not created form the void. Rather, the conditions within our society shape the ideas and "products" of artistic activity. The artwork becomes as a result, a part of a dialogue that comprises the culture in our society."

Sample of Sources Used:

Feinstein, Roni. "Report From Toronto: Opening Doors." Art in America 82.11 (1994): 38-46
Gaorian, Charles R. and Anderson, Albert A. "Censorship in the Art Classroom." School Arts 95.7 (1996): 35-37
Gelin, Cecilia. "The Utopian Institution?" Art and Its Institutions: Current Conflicts, Critique and Collaborations. Ed. Nina Montmann. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2006. 6-7.
Montmann, Nina. "Art and its Institutions." Art and Its Institutions: Current Conflicts, Critique and Collaborations. Ed. Nina Montmann. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2006. 8-16.
NFICA. Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art. Rethinking Nordic Colonialism. December 9, 2006 < http://www.nifca.org/2006/ >